Crazybananas

Last week Lucy took class pictures at her little preschool. I have no idea how those turned out, although I can’t imagine the photographers were very sucessful at getting ten 2-year-olds to stand still and smile in front of a waterfall (yes waterfall…Lucy’s school is weird). I expected them to be awful (a waterfall can only do so much) so that morning before we left the house, I made her pose in her cute little dress so I’d remember the one time when her outfit actually matched. She started to get annoyed with my camera, so I pulled a Tyra and told her to “work it” and “be fierce.”

Which led to the following….I give you, Emotions by Lucy.

Silly.

Angry.

Sad.

Totally Pissed Off.

Surprised.

And my personal favorite, Thinking.

Yes, we’re all going to be dead by morning from some sort of pig flu (although I read somewhere that eating pork rinds is the cure), but there is some good news in the ole’ U.S. of A.

And Rachael Maddow, please marry me.

(via TrustTheDust’s Twitter)

Last night, as Trent was working late, I finally took advantage of a free desktop and went through all of my pictures from the last few weeks. Keep in mind, I have somehow strained a tendon in my arm, so I was editing each photo with a wince on my face and wish for a nice shot of bourbon, so we’re lucky I got anything done at all. First up, Lu and I’s trip to Florida to see my mom. And no, there are no pictures of my hideous sunburn, as it was on my back and my mother has a bit of trouble using the giant super-camera (you’ll notice any pictures of me are either self portraits or when we put the camera on a timer and had 20 seconds to run over and pose).

Things to note:

- Sometime in the last three years Lucy became a kid. A real, live kid. It’s totally weird.
- I am nearly reflective when on a white sand beach. It’s like my skin is camoflauge.
- There is nothing cuter than a kid having the time of her life.
- I need braces.
- I’m not sure if I took enough pictures of Lucy…I mean, 50 just won’t do!

With that, enjoy the sun and fun, and someone please pass the aloe.

Lucy loves baby Carson. She talks about him daily. She keeps a picture of him (that she swiped off our fridge) by her bed. She tells me he’s her best friend (even though they’ve probably only seen each other in person three times total). She always wants to go to his house (even though it’s far away in Alabama). She couldn’t wait to go to his birthday party.

And when he was sad, she wanted him to feel better.

photo by Abbie

Most of my readers (though I love all three of you, dearly) never click on the links I post here. Nor do they leave comments (too hard), watch videos (too loud) or click through photo slideshows (too much clicking). Have I mentioned that most of you remind me of my father, who, although he can grow cells in petri dishes, does not know how to use the Favorites tab in Internet Explorer? When I was in Florida I set up my mom’s computer to make it easier for her to get to her webmail and he was all “What’s that?! How did you do that?! That is so helpful…” and I was all “You run a huge part of a state university and you have no idea how to do this?” and he was all “Suck it, Megan. I’m a super-genius and I’ve done experiements in zero gravity” and I was all “true.”

But if a few of you decide that you need to do some click-a-lickin’ this weekend, here’s some places you should go:

Auto Tuner - This may only be funny to web designer types, but I watched this thirty times, and laughed so hard each time. The Vimeo (my online video service, my account is here) headquarters office makes these every now and then, and this one is a conversation between a manager and a web designer, where the web designer only responds using an auto tuner. If you’ve ever heard a horrid T-Pain song, (minus the amazing “I’m On A Boat”) you know what I’m talking about. Best part of the video “did I get that CSSSSSSSSSSS right.” Nerd humor is the best. (via Gwen Bell’s Twitter)

Packing Light: New York City Edition - This post by Maggie Mason of Mighty Girl gave me a huge case of clothes envy. Also of style envy. And packing envy. In conclusion, I need to move to San Francisco or New York, where I can find good thrift store purchases and have an H&M within ten minutes.

NYC + KC - Have you all been checking in on our newest project here at Crazybananas? Well, we’re 79 days into this photo experiment, and things are going along quite nicely, except for the fact that Theresa is in NYC (equaling an insane amount of awesome pictures) and I’m in KC (equaling pictures of my dog, my kid and a few flowers). Eh, suburbia. What can you do, right?

Stephmodo - My newest daily dose of inspiration. This site speaks for itself. Design, beauty, Paris? Yes, please.

This Dress - Puh-leeeese someone buy this for me. Or send the link to my husband, and ask him to buy it for me. 76% off, people!!! (Seriously, would one of you send this to Trent….Mothers’ Day is coming up soon…hint)

BONUS LINK - My Birthday Party Wish - Will someone please do this for me? I’ll talk about you nicely and may even break my hug/personal space bubble and plant a big wet one on your cheek!!!!